Baltimore, Maryland
George Peabody Library
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
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Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Evanston, Illinois
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
New York, New York
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
New Orleans, Louisiana
According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Berlin, Germany
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cat art as far as the eye can see.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Peach Springs, Arizona
One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.
Seattle, Washington
A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.